This project allows 100 public school students to participate in workshops that result in a nationally distributed book. Students gain writing skills, one-on-one support, and grow creatively.
826 serves students with limited resources and English skills. We target public school students with the highest needs. According to Pulitzer-Prize winning author Michael Chabon: “826 helps young people learn that language can be play, that work can be joyful, and that they themselves can be the inventors and caretakers of their world. I have seen it with my own eyes. 826 is a good thing in a world of bad things, and a good place in a world of hard ones.”
826 chapters will hold a series of workshops for students led by local professionals. Selections of the students’ work will be published. During the process, 826 staff and tutors will provide undivided attention and a safe environment for students.
The project will serve 100 students across the country and allow them to participate in a high-stakes educational project. They will gain writing skills, confidence in their work, and recognition for months of hard work and dedication.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).
